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SPURT HAMMOND -PLANET PL. 

'WOMEN WARRIOR* OF THE MOO*" 

AURO — LORD Or J'JplTER 

c»mr MELAOM cole — 

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THE PEO COMET -PL-NET RAMCEH 



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CITY AND STATE 

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BRITISH BOMBERS OVER WILHELMSHAVEN 

September 4. 1119 

From the original oil painting by Leo Morry 



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PLANETAR.Y ADVENTUR.ES of 






One-fred IHon?IerIHen^te 



WHEN FLETCHER BAKER'S SCIENTIST FATHER DIED. 
FLETCHER WAS LEFT WITH THE TASK OF COMPLETING 
HIS ROCKET SHI P. TO BE SENT TO RS. NOW IT IS 
FINISHED, AND IS READY FOR ITS i FLIGHT/ 



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, AT LASTJTSTOPS BEFORE THE GRI/A 
GRAV WALLS OFASTATE PRISON .. 




W£LL, 8Ak!EQ,\ 

THE GOVERNOR \ 

JUST PHONED. IT'S ] 

O-K.ANP YOU CAN J 

NAVE YOUR MENy 





| THREE PRISONERS ENTER THE &QOm\ 





I'AA FLINT BAKER. 
NO- I'M NOT 
OFFERING YOU 
TOO MUCH FREE- 
POM. PERHAPS 

YOU WILL SOON 
LONG FOR A 
COMFORTABL 
PRISON, 



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BACK AT FLINT'S HOME.. 



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PRISON. GENTLEMEN. VOU WERE 

fDEMNEDTO DIE. YOUR LIVES AREN'T 
JTH MUCH MORE NOW. FOR I DONT 
EVE YOU'LL EVER SEE THIS EARTH 
AH NOBODY WILL SIGN UPAS 
;REW ON ATRIPTO/M-4-eS.SO 
DSE YOU THREE EX-MECHANIC? ±_'\ 
. MY CREW. 



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WE'RE WITH YOU 
MR. BA<ER/ FROM 
NOW ON OUR HEARTS 

BE LONG TO YOU/ 



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AT FIRST THE MEN WERE SKEPTICAL. < RARING TO GO, THE DANGERS OF 
THEN. AFTER TWO WEEKS OF FLINT'S \ THIS STRANGE TRIP NO WORRY TO 
INSTRUCTION, THE CONVICTS ARE \ THEM. THEN.ONE EVENING ~ 




A-TERRlFIC DETONATION, 
AND FLINT BAKER'S 
ROCKET SHIP IS LAUNCHED 
INTO SPACE, LEAVING 
BEHINP.THE EVER- . 
DIMINISHING EARTH/ % 



:iGHT MiLES A SECOND' THE SHIP 

"EARS THROUGH 5PACE, HEADED 
HZgCTLY FOR (SEP MARS! 




YOU LITTLE FOOL / YOU'LL 
NEVER GET &ACK TO 
EbRTHflOUGHT TO 
TURN AROUND AND, 

QUf^P you OUT, 



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SUDDENLY, THE SHIP SWERVES, 
TO AVO/D A METEORITE — 
M/M/ FALLS /WTO FLINTS ARMS. 





. TO PA'S? TIM£.TH£ £X- 
CONVICTS TELLTHElRCRlMEG. 



I'M WA(?f?Y PARKS... MY 
FIREMAN. ON MV LOCO- 
MOT/ V£, WAG D£UNK. 
ME WANTED TO RUN 
THE ENGINE HIMSELF. 
HE WHIPPED OUT AGUN 

AND THREATENED ME/ 
A SHOVEL PUT HIM TO 
SLEEP FOR GOOD. 
FATE WAS AGAiNGT 
M£ AND / 

WAS GENT UP 
FO(? MURDER' 





I'M PHIL GODWIN... SOME 

GANGSTER FELL IN LOVE, 
WITH MY KID SISTER. 
SHE THOUGHT SHE 
LOVED HIM, AND 
REFUSED TO LISTEN 
TOME. THE CROOK 

WA<S ROTTEN THROUGHl I 
ANDTHROUGH. AT THE y 

WEDDING I LOST MY ( 

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I I'M CUFF GRANT... 
YEARS AGO, I WORKED 
FOR A MAN WHO WAS 
CRAZY BUT HE HAD 
HYPNOTIC POWERS 
AND USED ME TOCARRY. 
OUT HIS PLOTS. I WAS 
PICKED UP FOR MURDER 
LATER, HE WAS. 
DISCOVERED AND PUT 






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HE ESCAPED^. 





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Af T££ Wt£<C OP MONOTONOUS 

T&A&UNG, Th£ V P£ACH MAPS ' 




IN9IPE. FLINT COMES ACPOSS A 
GHA9TLV SIGHT ' 



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jPETURWING TO TH£i/?SHlR FLINT AND 
THE 0?£W WHEEL OUT AMOTOPCAC. 






LOOK AT TM/G 
HIGHM/AV/ TH£££*S, 
NOTHING LIKE IT 
ON OUC EAf?TW.' 



PO£C /T OCCUR TO VOU THAT 
THESE HIGHWAYS ARE THE 
^A/VALS" VIQ&L& TO OU£ 

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(AT LAST A WONPROl/S C/TV 
LOOMS UP BEFORE THEM./ 




ON APPROACHING THE 

GATES. A FEROCIOUS 
'WATCH pOG' SPRINGS 
AT THEM. 






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THE BEA9T RETIRED AND TOE STRANGE 
WOMAN GREETS THE EARTHME/V. 





A AND MV DAUGHTER 
/ PRINCEGG VIGA,ARE 

YOUR MOSTG HERE 
VON MARS YOU ARE 
\ TIMELY GUESTS? 




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UOR ThE LAST CENTURY N 
WE MAGT/ANS HAVE L/VEP 1 
IN PEACE AND WACMONV / 
THEN ONE DAV NOT LONG \ 
' AGO A SHIP LANDED HERE J 
^FgQM VQL/g EAPTH..:.^/ 




W/TW THE A/D OP TW£ ONE-EYEP 
MONSTERS, HE PLANS TO 

RULE OVER THE WARM. LIGHT 
SIDE OF MARS/ 



tRuEL AND SCHEMING, 
THEY WERE BANISHED 
BY US FROM THE LIGHT 
SIDE. THEY SETUP 
A DICTATORSHIP ON 
THE PARK SIDE OF 
MARS, USING THE 
MONSTERS THERE 
TO WAR UPON US.-. 



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irsarko, last of the wickep 

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TH£N,FGOM THE DARK GlDE, 
|COVie HUNOREOS OF HUGE 
FLVING SHIPS 




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JUPAG f HERE 
TNEY COME// 




IN AN INNER ROOM, 

VIGA P£KS£S A 
BUTTON, AND A 
GLAGG-UKE POME 
COVERG THE CITY! 




|TH£ DOME B IMPERVIOUS TO THE 
ENEMV'S ATTACK/ THE SHIPS 
I HEAP BACK TO THE PARKSlDE. 




\SARKOS MONGTEPS, PRACTICALLY 
\ALL LEGS, LEAP\AND BOUND OVER 
\TpPU AND INVADE THE CITY AFTER 
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ATTACK/ HAND-TO- 
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ANP BC/NG BACK 
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MONSTERS LEAP AW A V, WITH , 
MIMI AND VIGA AS PRISONERS.' 



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THEYRE G0NE//^HERE'SA/OTH/A^^|.p£^5-^^ £ p/ 



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IWITW DEATH-DEAL/NG RAY GUNS. 
FLINT AND H/S FRIENPS ROH& DOWN 

ITME HIGHWAY TO THE/g SPACE SH/R 




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PRINCESS OF RU, I 
ONE PEATW.' TO/W/M/, 
EARTH-GlRL, I GIVE 
IMMORTALITY. TO BE 
WITH ME FOREVER' 



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BUT 'SARKO WRENCHES LOOSE ANO 
FIRES A RAY GUN AT GRANT' 




GO YOU'RE THE GUY WHO'S 
TERRORIZING THIS PLANET: 

\'SARKO"'-3AC< ON EARTH 
WERE CALLEP'GAPPO 
BEFORE YOU &ROKE 
JAIL TO COME HERE 
ON THAT ROCKET.' 



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ANO YOU'RE THE GUY WHO HYPNO- 
\TIZEP ME INTO COMMITTING 
MURDER AND LEFT ME TOTAfcTF, 
THE RAP f 



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FLINT &VES ON 
TUQ FlENPf 




FOR A SECOND SAPKO GETS 
THE UPPER HAND. IT LOOKS 
BLACK. FO& FLINT! 





YOU CAN KEEP YOUR OC 
RAVGUNSf I'LL PUT MY 

OPPONENTS OUT OF 

COMMISSION WITH MY .38." 



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PUNT.' THAT SNIP IS SEN PING 
US A MESSAGE f~- OUR 
PEOPLE HAVE CONQUERED 
THE ONE-EYEP MONSTERS/, 



WHAT A STORY THAT WOULO 
MAKE IN OUR NEWSPAPERS. 
GOSH'-tFlONLV HAD A 
PHONE IL _ 

PERHAPS t 

can show you 
gome more 
material for 
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